This Week in War : 2nd week, September 2018

A woman holds a Palestinian flag during a protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza and demand the right to return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border fence, east of Gaza City. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

2nd week, September 2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.

• President Trump falsely claims Hurricane Maria death toll of 3,000 victims was made up by Democrats.

• US has threatened sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it goes ahead with prosecutions against Americans.

• An estimated 1 million Muslims are being kidnapped and held in re-education camps in Xinjiang, China.

• French President Macron in rare torture admission during the Algerian War.

• International Criminal Court (ICC) says it is undeterred after Bolton threatens U.S. sanctions.

• Russia is the main suspect in U.S. agencies’ investigation of mysterious illnesses in American personnel in Cuba and China.

• The US is to shut the Palestine Liberation Organization mission in Washington D.C.

• Russia kicks off largest military drills ever involving 300,000 troops, including Chinese soldiers and hardware.

• Ethiopia-Eritrea border opens for first time in 20 years.

• Trump planning second North Korea summit after Kim's 'very warm’ letter.

• The UN and Turkey’s Erdogan and warn of human catastrophe in Idlib, Syria.

• White Helmets currently staging a “false flag” chemical attack in Idlib.

• Protesters arrive at West Bank's Khan al-Ahmar bedouin village as Israeli demolition looms.

• Nicaraguan President Ortega warns of US military intervention, open to meeting Trump.

• ‘Surrender or starve’ war tactic a global epidemic.

• The past 72 hours of North Korea’s Independence Day : Parades, tweets, and secret bombs.

• National Geographer photographer helps refugees tell their stories.

• In Libya, the National Oil Corporation's Tripoli offices have been attacked.

This Week in War : 1st week, September 2018

Participants perform at Mass Games in May Day stadium. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

1st week, September 2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.

• Syrian and Russian warplanes pound Idlib before peace talks.

• South Korea slashes North Korea human rights budget, raises regime aid.

• Israeli court rules to demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village. It is home to 180 Palestinian families.

• 11 million people in urgent need in Lake Chad region.

• Twitter says Trump not immune from getting kicked off.

• Mourning and anger at funeral of Yemeni children killed in US-Saudi school bus attack.

• Syria’s Idlib's civilians in survival mode for Syrian government assault.

• Guatemala bans head of UN anti-corruption body from country.

• As much as 90% of historical collection destroyed in fire at the Brazil National Museum.

• Britain charges two Russians for the Russian state-backed plot to kill the Skripals.

• Trump says he did not discuss assassinating Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad.

• Muslim Uighurs who escaped Xinjiang, China confirm reports of 'systematic campaign of human rights violations’.

This Week in War : 5th week, August 2018

Followers of the Shi'ite Houthi movement perform the traditional Baraa dance as they take part in a ceremony marking the al-Ghadeer day in Saada, Yemen. The celebration marks a day Shi'ites believe Prophet Muhammad nominated his cousin, Imam Ali, to be his successor. REUTERS/Naif Rahma

5th week, August 2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.

• Evidence grows that the Israeli government meddled in UK politics.

• U.N. fears chemical weapons in Syria battle with '10,000 terrorists’.

• War and Conflict : The Rohingya story.  

• For the first time, the UN explicitly called for Myanmar officials to face genocide charges over their deadly campaign against the Rohingya people. 

• The former Nobel peace prize winner, who was once heralded as the face of a new democratic Myanmar--Aung San Suu Kyi stays silent on UN report on Rohingya genocide.

• UN Chief : Myanmar leader Suu Kyi ‘should have resigned’.

• Documentary - Slavery Routes : The exploitation of 2.5M former slaves.

• India may face sanctions by the US.

• Children separated from their families by Trump’s "Zero Tolerance Policy”, say their trauma continues.

• Kerala floods: Five airlines offer to fly aid for victims.

• Snowden Archive : 9 years' worth of newsletters in batches of the internal newsletter for the NSA’s most important division -- the Signals Intelligence Directorate (SID).

• Ugandan farmers emerge victorious after a month-long occupation of UN office.

• White House counsel Don McGahn, who cooperated with Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, to resign. Trump confirms.

• Germany is seeking independence from digital technologies from the United States--pushes to fund cyber security research.

• Special Series - Child Soldiers Reloaded : The privatization of war.

• Special Series - Guantanamo 22 : How a group of men from China's Muslim Uighur community were sold in Afghanistan and imprisoned in Guantanamo as terrorists.

• More than 100 human skeletons found in mass grave in Sri Lanka.

• UK will provide military training to Nigeria to help fight Boko Haram.

• Iran ready to abandon nuclear deal.

• Trump accuses China of stalling progress with North Korea.

• Trump hails North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un, sees no need to resume U.S.-South Korea war game

• Israel threatens 'strong' action against Iranian forces in Syria after Damascus and Tehran reached a new accord on security cooperation.

• Trump aid cuts hitting Palestinians hard.

• China could scrap two-child policy, ending nearly 40 years of limits.

• Pakistan protests to cut ties with the Netherlands.

• India banned most of its currency bills from circulation without warning in 2016-- the recall failed to uncover 'black money’.

This Week in War : 4th week, August 2018

Rohingya refugee children ride on a swing ride on the day of Eid al-Adha in the Kutupalong refugee camp, August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

4th week, August 2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.

• *Feature* - Deadly Kerala floods displace over 800,000. Fear of disease spreads.

• Saudi coalition attack on fleeing civilians massacres another 24 Yemeni children.

• China’s mass internment camps have no clear end in sight.

• Jewish voters in Jerusalem elections have 187 polling stations, Palestinians only have 6.

• Former SS camp guard, Jakiv Palij, deported to Germany from USA.

• 'Treated as animals': US prisoners gear up for nationwide strike.

• Ex-Trump lawyer, Michael Cohen, has pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations and is happy to help with the Russia probe.

• Malana : A Himalayan village belonging to Alexander the Great's armies descendants. 

• NGOs and refugees say Yemeni women can face economic and physical abuse, but fear speaking out due to stigma.

• Saudi Arabia 'seeks death penalty' for 5 human rights activists. Among the detainees is Israa al-Ghomgham, who Saudi activists say is the first woman to face capital punishment for human rights-related work. 

• Israel approves plans for 1,000 settlement homes. 96% of homes approved are located in isolated settlements.

• Yemenis shut down construction of a Saudi military base.

• Drug tunnel ran from old KFC in Arizona, USA to Mexico bedroom.

• Pakistan disputes US account of Pompeo-Khan phone call.

• US Navy re-establishes Cold-War era naval fleet to check Russia’s military expansion.

• Trump redirects over $200 million in U.S. aid meant for West Bank, Gaza.

This Week in War : 2nd week, August 2018

Iron Dome anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel near the southern city of Sderot, Israel. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

2nd week, August 2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.  

• Bangladeshi authorities are "unlawfully attacking" student protesters with machetes and sticks and assaulted media workers, Human Rights Watch group says.

• Yemen War : Airstrike by Saudi-UAE military explodes a school bus killing at least 50 children --Red Cross.

• Trump officials were warned that family separations would traumatize children.

• Israel pounds Gaza, killing a 9-month pregnant woman and her 16-month child.

• Foreign Policy Security Brief: Catch up on everything from the Korean War remains turned over by North Korea to deal-making with al-Qaeda in Yemen to Russia’s proposal to cooperate with the United States on rebuilding Syria.

• Yemen War : Saudi-UAE coalition are using al-Qaeda fighters against Houthi rebels.

• Trump administration seeks to end refugee status for millions of Palestinians.

• Australia's most populous state '100 %' in drought.

• Crime Against Humanity: 99-year-old Nuremberg prosecutor calls out Trump’s detention of children.

• U.S Congressman Rand Paul delivers a letter from Trump to Putin.

• The U.S. administration is reluctant to help with Syrian recovery.

• Rashida Tlaib is set to be the first Muslim American woman in Congress.

• US-China Trade War : US sets date for additional $16bn in tariffs on China products.

• US-China Trade War : China to hit the US back with tariffs on US imports worth $16bn.

• Trump’s $12 billion bailout is no remedy for farmers caught in trade war

• Saudi-Canada Spat : Why is Canada and Saudi Arabia in a diplomatic spat?

• Saudi-Canada Spat : Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador.

• Saudi-Canada Spat : Saudi Arabia halts all medical treatment for citizens in Canada.

• US Mid-Term Elections : Women break records for nominations.

• Spanish fighter jet accidentally fires missile over Estonia.

• Puerto Rico Update : Hurricane Maria deaths are more than 1,400, and not 64 as claimed in the US official death count.

• Puerto Rico Update : The Puerto Ricans still without electricity.

• President Trump’s first congressional endorsement was just arrested for insider trading.

• North Korean state media urge US to drop sanctions immediately.

• Venezuela cracks down on opposition in wake of  ‘attack’.

• French police accused of harassing aid workers at Calais, also known as the “Jungle” internal displacement camp in France.

This Week in War : 1st week, August 2018

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel who say they should receive a blanket exemption from military conscription staged a sit-down protest at a major Jerusalem junction on Thursday, prompting scuffles with police. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

1st week, August 2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.  

• Saudi Arabia planned to invade Qatar last summer, but Rex Tillerson’s effort to stop it may have cost him his position.

• US-backed Saudi airstrike on a family with 9 children shows “clear violations” of war.

• US secret wars in Africa rage on.

• Israel intercepts aid boat bound for besieged Gaza Strip.

• Around 4 million residents of the northern Indian state of Assam are at risk of losing their citizenship.

• Gunmen take dozens hostage in eastern Afghanistan.

• U.S. President Donald Trump called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end a federal criminal probe into the 2016 US election and Russian meddling.

• Saudi Arabia has arrested 2 more women’s rights activists in their crackdown on activists, clerics and journalists.

•  New Ebola virus outbreak days after previous epidemic ends.

• Russia will deploy its military police on the Golan Heights frontier between Syria and Israel.

• Google plans to release a censored search engine in China.

This Week in War : 4th week, July 2018

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Ahed Tamimi in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank July 29, 2018. Abbas described Tamimi as "a model of peaceful civil resistance ..., proving to the world that our Palestinian people will stand firm and constant on their land, no matter what the sacrifice." He made the statement published by the official news agency Wafa after he met Tamimi and her mother. PPO/Handout via REUTERS

4th week, July 2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.  

• Ecuadorian authorities are about to expel WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from their London embassy.

• Palestine will preside over Group of 77 which promotes economic interests and represents 80 percent of world population.

•  Myanmar police planted 'secret’ papers that on the two jailed Reuters reporters reporting on the Rohingya massacres by the Myanmar government.

• Former Trump aide, Steve Bannon, sets up group to undermine EU.

• Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina got as far as meeting with U.S. Treasury.

• Palestinian teen activist Ahed Tamimi freed from jail after serving 8 months for slapping and hitting an Israeli soldier after they shot her 15-year-old cousin the the face.

• In the US, a white man who shot black father in front of his kids over parking spot won’t face charges.

• Pakistan Election Updates: Pakistan will see a rare democratic transition of power as they hold their 2018 elections.

• Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer says Trump ‘knew of Russian lawyer meeting’.

• There is no evidence that Islamic State is responsible for the Toronto attack.

• Yemen's rebels attack Abu Dhabi airport using a drone.

• Cameroon soldiers carry out a cold-blooded execution of 2 women, a toddler, and little girl. The US heavily financially aids the Cameroon army.

• Putin tells Trump to ‘be his guest in Moscow”.

• Trump 'open' to Moscow visit after Putin extends invite.

• Two of Germany’s largest public broadcasters were targeted by Russian hackers.

• Despite the ongoing war, Russia calls for Syria refugees to return to their homeland.

• US child migrants: Over 700 children have not been reunited with their families.

• Israeli Defense Minister calls for West Bank settlement expansion.

This Week in War : 3rd week, July 2018

Eritreans wait to welcome their families at Asmara International Airport aboard the Ethiopian Airlines ET314 flight in Asmara, Eritrea. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

3rd week, July 2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.  

• Nicaraguan militia launches an “all-night assault” on university students protesting President Daniel Ortega.

• South Korea explores business opportunities in the North.

• Israel has passed a law declaring that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, described by the Arab population as verging on apartheid. 

• Trump and Putin meet in the Helsinki’s Hall of Mirrors. There will be no official record of the exchange.

• Accounts of War in Syria - Documentary : Four different accounts of the Syria’s historic battle for Aleppo in 2016.

• Nigerian police say eight Boko Haram suspects confess to 2014 Chibok abduction.

• Maria Butina has been arrested and charged this week for actively being a Russian spy in the US. She attempted to infiltrate the NRA.

• US President Donald Trump meets with Putin and denouncing the 'stupidity' of U.S. policy on Russia.

• The Cheat Sheet: This week's humanitarian trends and developments from around the world. 

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns Trump trade war could cost global economy $430bn.

• Scores of displaced Syrians were turned back at Israeli borders.

• Who Is America? : New comedy show sheds light on how US Republicans endorse arming toddlers with firearms.

• Short Film - Born in ’48 : Five women, Israeli and Palestinian, born in the same year but irreconcilably divided by history and events.

• Donald Trump calls the EU a ‘foe’.

• Egypt passes bill shielding military officers from prosecution.

• Award-winning photojournalist, Nizar Saied is confirmed dead years after his arrest by Syrian forces.

• Israel blocks fuel shipment to Gaza.

• Eritrean embassy reopens in Ethiopia after an end to a 20-year war.

• The new Standing Rock? U.S. and Canada prepare to fight against the TransMountain Tar Sands Pipeline Project.

• Ecuador is melting back into the arms of the US and international financial interests. 

• Russia has claimed the summit between Trump and Putin as a win for Russia.

• BBC Video : Check out the inside the Syrian rebels' tunnel network.

• The Chinese community in Egypt has grown considerably as China and Egypt strengthen their commercial relationship.

• Israel passes law limiting Palestinians access to judicial courts in an effort to a “Judaization” of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

This Week in War: 2nd Week, July 2018

Demonstrators protesting against the visit of President Donald Trump hold banners, in Windsor. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

2nd week, July 2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.  

• Fighting intensifies in Nicaragua amid cries for the President Daniel Ortega’s resignation. 

• Update - Palestine Protest: Israeli forces kill 15-year-old Palestinian.

• Trump’s White House close to refusing interview with Mueller's Russia investigation. 

• Boris Johnson quits as UK foreign secretary amid Brexit crisis.

• Rohingya Crisis: Torn by massacres and violence, Rohingya families connect through letters.

• NATO Summit: Trump’s heated exchange with the NATO chief ahead of the summit.

• With knowledge war crimes are being committed, Saudi Arabia issued a royal pardon for all soldiers deployed in Yemen.

• Syria’s President Assad (with aid from Russia) is poised to snuff out 'cradle' of revolt. in the place it first began more than 7 years ago.

• Mueller of the US Special Counsel indicts 12 Russian spies in 2016 election hacking.

• Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, explained.

• How Buddhist meditation kept the Thai boys calm in the cave. 

• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Democratic Socialist ex President of Brazil, is being held as political prisoner. He has been running his presidential campaign from prison and is the most popular politician leading the national polls.

• Cartoonsplained : Brett Kavanaugh and the United States Supreme Court’s drastic shift to the right.

• Ethiopia and Eritrea declare war 'has come to an end’, officially ending decades of diplomatic and armed strife. 

• Trump says he can't say if Putin is friend or foe. Meeting Vladmir Putin seems to be the easiest part of the Donald Trump’s European tour. 

• Liu Xia: Nobel laureate's widow allowed to leave China for Germany after 8 years of living under house arrest for being married to Liu Xiaobo, a political prisoner. She committed no crime.

• Trump administration to miss deadline to reunite all children under 5 with families.

• Study: Over 10,000 Indigenous Colombians rights violated.

• Maryam Nawaz have been dubbed as the new Benazir Bhutto. Meet the woman who's challenging Pakistan's powerful army.

• Explained : UK’s Brexit crisis.

• Ireland becomes the world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels.

• Over 230 civilians killed and 120 women and girls raped by South Sudan government troops and aligned forces.

• The perils of being a Yemeni journalist : Exile, torture, death.

• Former Putin adviser has secret investment in US energy firm--praised by Trump.

• Trump’s denaturalization task force matters : The fear of losing citizenship will have a chilling effect on America’s immigrants.

• Israel launches air attacks on 3 Syrian military facilities.

• US airstrike kills 54 civilians in Deir ez-Zor province, Syria.

•  Algeria halts expelling refugees into the Sahara Desert amid outcries.